CA SB309

Repeals the College Readiness Block Grant and establishes the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Program, contingent on legislative appropriation, to help increase the number of high school graduates meeting University of California and California State University admission requirements.

Allocates $150 million in A–G Access Grants to local educational agencies with overall A–G completion rates below 45 percent, and $50 million in A–G Success Grants to agencies with rates below 80 percent that have incorporated A–G requirements into local graduation requirements.

Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually post each local educational agency's and individual high school's A–G completion rate on the State Department of Education website in an easily accessible location.

Requires school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools maintaining grades 7-12 to offer A–G courses and provide timely enrollment opportunities, with county offices and charter schools required to comply beginning with the 2026–27 school year.

Requires local educational agencies to provide written notification to parents of grades 8-12 students explaining A–G requirements, the local agency's A–G completion rates, college admission consequences, and information about University of California and California State University resources and career technical education options.